Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present. – Victor Hugo
People do not lack strength they lack will. – Victor Hugo
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. – Victor Hugo
Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. – Victor Hugo
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both. – Victor Hugo
Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter. – Victor Hugo
Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. – Victor Hugo
Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. – Victor Hugo
As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. – Victor Hugo
He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life. – Victor Hugo
I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself. – Victor Hugo
The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. – Victor Hugo
Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary. – Victor Hugo
Men become accustomed to poison by degrees. – Victor Hugo
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. – Victor Hugo
There are fathers who do not love their children there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. – Victor Hugo
The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity in a girl boldness. – Victor Hugo
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. – Victor Hugo
